Garment-supporter



(No Model.)

.S. C. SGANTLEBURY.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

No. 446,079. Patented Feb. 10,1891.

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SPURGEON O. SCANTLEBURY, OF EASTPORT, MAINE.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,079, dated February10, 1891. Application filed March 26, 1890- Serial No. 345,325. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SPURGEON O. SCAN- TLEBURY, of Eastport, in thecounty of ashington and State of Maine, have invented a new and psefulGarment-Supporter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in garment-supporters, and isespecially adapted for use as a hose-supporter, although it may be usedfor supporting any garment or for a clasp; and the object of myinvention is to provide a simple and efficient device that may bequickly and easily applied to a garment, that will not slip, and thatwill not tear the garment to which it is applied.

. To this end my invention consists in the particular construction andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out inthe claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device attached to a strip ofelastic and used as a hose-support; Fig. 2, a vertical section of thesame onthe line a: a: of Fig.1; Fig. 3,adetail view of the binding-key,and Fig. 4 a detail view of the base-plate.

The base-plate A is preferably of a rectangular form, although the formis not essential. It has in one end a slot at, which terminates in anenlarged central opening a, and projecting from the plate on each sidethe slot ais a stud b. The studs 1) are fixed firmly to the plate A andproject a short distance therefrom, each stud being provided with anenlarged head I) to assist in holding the hind ing-key in place.

The binding-key B is made of flat spring metal. It has a flattenedslotted head B, to which a tape or elastic may be attached, and whichenables it to be easily operated, a narrow neck 13 which may be easilyinserted between the studs 1) of the plate A, and a wedge-shaped bodysplit lengthwise, as shown, to form the two members B The body of thekey B is widest at its lower end to enable it to be wedged between thestuds 1). The key is temperedin such amanner that the members B willhave a tendency to spring apart slightly, so as to press against thestuds b and hold the key in. position when there is no support fromabove, and to enable the members to hold still more firmly upon thestuds they are slightly concaved at the points 1.

To apply the supporter to a garment as a clasp, the plate A is placedupon one side of the garment and the key 13 on the other. The neck B ofthe key is then inserted between the studs b, thus pressing the cloth ofthe garment between them, and the key is drawn up tightly between thestuds, thus binding the cloth firmly between the key and the studs, andthe spring of the key will hold it in position.

In order that the key may not cut the garment, its outer edges should beslightly rounded.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown the device suspended by a tape or elasticC and applied to a hose D. In this case the plate A is sewed to the endof the tape, which may be easily done by reason of the opening a andperforations a therein, and the key B is attached to the tape a shortdistance above the plate A. The tape 0 may be suspended from thegarments above in the usual manner, and the supporter is attached to thetop of the hose by placing the plate A upon the inner side of the hose,the key l3 upon the outer side, and inserting the key between the studsl), in the manner already described.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the device may beused as a clasp as well as a supporter, and that it may be used in manyways.

' It will be observed that the key shown in Fig. 1 varies slightly fromthat shown in Fig. 3; but the difference is merely in form and not inprinciple, in one case the members B being separated by a slot extendingto the slot 6 of the head B, and in the other case=the slot between themembers does not extend quite so far into the head.

Having thus described my invention, 1 B and spring members 13'',substantially as gaini as new and desire to secure by Letters described.

atent- T Agarment-supporterconstructed of aplate SPURGEON f SGANTLEBUBX'5 A, having the slot co and opening a therein, Witnesses:

and having the studs bprojeeting therefrom, OSCAR B. WI-IALEN, and thekey B, having slotted head B, neck 0. WVHALEN.

